Tag Archives: ORIGINAL ART

An Oil Painting Class Still Life

Of the most common media available to me as an artist, I have never created an oil painting. So this was my first! A member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators invited other members to an oil painting instruction class, a room full of experienced professional creative people who all had varied experience in oil […]

New Painting: Spring on the Rocks, Pastel

Spring on the Rocks, pastel on Pastelmat, 5x5, 2026 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

“Spring on the Rocks” features that first flush of color, mosses, ferns, violets, speedwells, and a sprinkling of spring beauties just catching the sun on a rise of limestone draped with last year’s leaves. Yes, a little abstract, just a small, quick sketch, practice, but I think I caught the light and shapes and colors […]

Morning Snow 1 and 2, a Backyard View

Morning Snow 1 and 2, each 8" x 8", pastel, 1998 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

These two pastel are each 8″ x 8″, each of them views from my windows of early morning snow, just after sunrise when there’s a lot of color in the light. The very snowy winter of 1993 provided an abundance of photos—on film, remember—and these two scenes were memorable for their colors and patterns. I […]

“Winter Sunset Abstract,” Custom Commissioned Painting

Winter Sunset Abstract framed and on the wall.

Another customer sent me a photo of her custom commissioned painting on the wall in her house, and this is one I haven’t shared here before. Winter Sunset Abstract is a pastel on matboard, which I use sometimes for larger paintings. This painting is 24″ x 32″, and with an ice blue mat it’s 32″ […]

Sold Original, “Sunday Morning,” and That Exhibit

You may have noticed one of the paintings I shared in my last Artist’s Life post, “Sunday Morning,” a sold original. The woman who purchased it sent this photo of it on the wall and it looks like a catalog photo, it matched everything so well. Plus I’ve been hanging art in all subject […]

Dreaming of an April Afternoon, April Cloud Study

April Cloud Study, pastel, 9 x 9, 2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Once the weather turns warm and sunny the world begins coloring up nicely, and so it did one April afternoon. I decided to take some time to paint the clouds, literally and figuratively, standing out in my back yard with my pastel for about ten minutes—and by that time the skies were completely different. This […]

Apples and Oranges in Pairs for a Double Discount

"Reflecting on Each Other" and "Fruit" paired up.

Small paintings are nice when paired or in groupings, especially little still lifes and florals like these apples and oranges. I painted these two little pastels years apart but decided I could pair them with identical frames which I finished myself. I include these in my summer collection, but together their colors touch all the […]

Flowers for Sale, Framed Original

Three buckets of flowers for sale on the street corner, just waiting to be painted. I chose oil pastel for this painting because of all the techniques I’ve learned to use with it. The background of the flowers was really dull and I wanted to be able to create something interesting from it. I like […]

Five More Days, 25% Discount on Spring Art Originals

The summer solstice is five days away, and the 25% discount on spring artwork will end. Nearly every painting in this group is $100 or less so you can cover a wall with spring for very little. Each season when I publish my Nature & Wildlife newsletter I extend a 25% discount on all original […]

Apples and Oranges in Pairs for a Discount

Small paintings are nice when paired or in groupings, especially little still lifes and florals. I painted these two little pastels years apart but decided I could pair them especially with a similar frame. I have fun adding finishes to salvage frames. For years “Fruit” had been framed in the frame above, but with its […]